Jenny Lamy
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Australia
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1968 Mexico City | 200 metres |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1966 Kingston | 4x110y relay |
| | 1970 Edinburgh | 4x100 m relay |
| | 1974 Christchurch | 4x100 m relay |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1966 Kingston | 220 yards |
Jenny Lamy (born 28 February 1949) is a former Australian sprinter.
Lamy's international debut came at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where she won a silver medal in the 220 yards race behind countrywoman Dianne Burge and shared in a sprint relay gold medal.
Still a junior at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City she won a bronze medal in 200 metres behind the Polish gold medalist Irena Szewińska and another Australian, Raelene Boyle.
Lamy went on to compete in two further Commonwealth Games, winning gold-medals on each occasion as part of the Australian 4 × 100 metres relay teams.
In her career, she won three Australian national championships: the 200 m in 1967 and the 100 m/200 m sprint double in 1969.
She received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and was inducted into the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame in 2014.[1][2]
Notes
- ↑ "LAMY, Jennifer". It's an Honour. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ "Quartet of stars inducted to Athletics Australia Hall of Fame". Australian Olympic Committee. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.